Melbourne Institute Brown Bags 2015

Susan Mendez is the coordinator of the Brown Bags. Please contact Susan if you wish to present in this series.

The schedule for 2015 is outlined below.

DATE/ TIME	SPEAKER	TOPIC	LOCATION
Tuesday 24 November 2015 12pm	Cain Polidano Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: Preliminary analysis on the relationship between cesarean section and child development	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Thursday 12 November 2015 3.30pm (MI Seminar Series time)	Laura Sinn Ruhr Graduate School in Economics	Title: Immigrants and the employment effects of family policy	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 10 November 2015 2pm	Diana Contreras Suarez Monash University	Title: Linking Children's Physical Development with Cognitive Development in Rural Areas	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 3 November 2015 12pm	Brendan Houng Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: The Effect of Selective High Schools on University Entrance Results: Exploratory Analysis from Australia	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 27 October 2015 12pm	Barbara Broadway Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: Economic Expectations and Wealth Accumulation Strategies	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 20 October 2015 12pm	Nikhil Jha Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: Neighbourhood Price Externalities of Foreclosure Rehabilitation	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 6 October 2015 12pm	Melek Cigdem-Bayram Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: Can intensive support program change the social network of the chronically homeless people? Evidence from a randomised control trial	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Thursday 17 September 2015 3.30pm (MI Seminar Series time)	Leticia Xander Russo State University of Maringa	Title: Primary care physician and infant mortality: Evidence from Brazil	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 8 September 2015 12pm	David Ribar Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: A Longitudinal Analysis of Violence and Housing Insecurity	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Friday 18 August 2015 12pm	Yi-Ping Tseng Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: Evaluating the housing, health, and service outcomes of an intensive support program for the chronically homeless in Australia	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 28 July 2015 12pm	Cain Polidano Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: Second chance education as crime prevention? Evidence from a voucher in vocational education and training.	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 23 June 2015 12pm	Ou Yang Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: Pre-school children’s demand for sugar sweetened beverages: Evidence from stated-preference panel data.	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 16 June 2015 12pm	Inga Lass Bielefeld University	Title:The Effect of Employment Insecurity on First Childbirth from a Couple Perspective – A Comparison of Germany and Australia.	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 9 June 2015 12pm	Megha Swami Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	PhD Confirmation - Title: Supply capacity of private medical practices and waiting times for appointments.	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 26 May 2015 12pm	Julie Moschion Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: Early substance use and the age of onset of homelessness Title: Gender Differences in the Effects of School-Starting-Age on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 19 May 2015 12pm	Peter Sivey LaTrobe University	Title: Motivation and Competition in Healthcare	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 12 May 2015 12pm	Claire Thibout Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title: Allocation of resources within couples: some new evidence about the "sharing rule"	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 5 May 2015 12pm	Nicolas Salamanca Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Title : Assorted Thoughts on Parental Investment and Parenting Style	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 28 April 2015 12pm	Anna Zhu Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Family Disability, Schooling and Children's Developmental Outcomes	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 21 April 2015 12pm	Jonathan Thong University of Melbourne	Integration & Contagion: A Dynamic Factor Model of International Equity Returns with Time Varying Loadings	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 31 March 2015 12pm	Sarah Voitchovsky Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Top Incomes and the Glass Ceiling	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 24 March 2015 12pm	Sverre Grepperud University of Oslo	Staff Development Series - Preparing Manuscripts for Publication	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 17 March 2015 12pm	John Haisken-Denew Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Additional Impact of Subjective Economic Expectations in House Purchase Models	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 10 March 2015 12pm	Susan J. Mendez Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Gender Streaming in STEM Subjects in Victoria's Secondary Schools	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 3 March 2015 12pm	Nicolas Herault Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Changing Income Inequality, Income Mobility and the Distribution of Income Gains and Income Losses	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**
Tuesday 17 February 2015 12pm	Katerina Lisenkova NIESR London	The Long Term Economic Impacts of Reducing Migration: The Case of the UK Migration Policy	Melbourne Institute Seminar Room**

** Melbourne Institute Seminar Room is located on the 6th Floor, Room 6.05, FBE Building, 111 Barry Street, Carlton.